God

Are We Listening to Jesus? Jesus tells us that the best place to impact our public world is secret with the Father. But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret[…]

Jesus says “Yes!” There is tremendous power in the word “Yes!”. It is a risk to ask someone to do something for you or with you. They may say “No!” and asking them will give them their chance to do so. We must ask or go through life never knowing what could have been. So,[…]

Forgiveness Forgiveness in the kingdom of God is not optional. Forgiveness is to relationships what oxygen is to life. Forgiveness opens up space in us for relationships to continue just as surely as exhaling already used air creates new space for fresh, life giving air in our lungs. To withhold forgiveness is like holding one’s[…]

“I Love You!” What exactly does it mean to say to a human being “I love you!”? Can this statement be defined in such a way that anyone hearing these words knows what comes next? Has the word “love” been so used and abused that it is worn out as statement that makes us stop,[…]

Almost In many areas of our lives we can get by with “almost.” Truth be told, we would probably go crazy if we had to have everything perfectly done. Even so, there are many areas of life that do not allow us to be satisfied with almost. “I almost loved you.” “I almost forgave you.”[…]